Category: Feb. 21

From New York–I’m Lara McCaffrey and this is Columbia Radio News. Bill de Blasio this morning denied allegations that his SUV was caught driving recklessly. The video captured by CBS shows the vehicle speeding, changing lanes without signaling, and running two stop signs. This happened just two days after de Blasio announced his so called […]

HOST INTRO: For the first time since the 70s, the Tonight Show is back in New York. Lara McCaffrey reports on what the show’s homecoming means for New York economically and culturally. The Tonight Show has a new look, a new host, a new house band. Sound from the Tonight Show. (10 seconds. Continues under […]

Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych reached an agreement with opposition leaders earlier today aimed at ending the country’s civil unrest. Yanukovych promised to hold early elections and curtail presidential power. It’s unclear if those moves will satisfy street demonstrators, many of whom want Yanukovych removed from office. Nicolai Petro, a professor of politics at the University of Rhode Island, is […]

From New York–I’m Asabe Vincent-Otiono and this is Columbia Radio News White House press secretary Jay Carney ppraised an agreement that could end the conflict in Ukraine, and called on Russia to do more. SLUG: Pires_UkraineSupport_mixdown.wav IN: So, I think that reflects what the… OUT:…of the Ukrainian people. (9 seconds) Meanwhile, the US State department […]

HOST INTRO: Good news for commuters: the Long Island Rail Road union is backing off their threat to strike in March. That’s because the MTA promised to come back to the bargaining table. The MTA says if negotiations don’t work next week, they’ll be asking an emergency mediation board to look at both sides and […]

HOST INTRO: In his first State of the City address earlier this month, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he wants to issue municipal ID cards to undocumented immigrants. DE BLASIO: We will not force any of our residents to live their lives in the shadows. (00:05) In the United States actually, other cities like New […]

HOST INTRO: Last month, researchers at the Ohio State University released a study that showed a test you can take at home was effective in detecting early signs of dementia. Their findings peaked so much interest in the test that the university website briefly shut down. As Kate Cox reports, not everybody who studies dementia […]

HOST INTRO: Companies like Johnson & Johnson and General Electric are selling greener products to appeal to customers concerned about the environment. They say these products can serve their bottom line, but are just one piece in a push for better environmental practices. Claire Pires has the story. According to Trucost, an environmental data company, […]

HOST INTRO: Plenty of New Yorkers are probably tired of winter. But some are just plain tired. My co-host Matt Collette has this commentary. I just can’t wait for this winter to finally be over. Not because of the cold. I’m from New England — I can handle that. What I can’t take, though, is […]

HOST INTRO: We hear a lot about sex workers, but rarely do we hear them tell their own stories. At the Red Umbrella Project’s memoir readings in Brooklyn, Eleanor Stanford spent the evening with a group of sex workers turned authors. And a warning to listeners – this story contains graphic sexual imagery involving a […]

HOST INTRO: The 2014 Winter Olympics is certainly making its way to the history books as a controversial parade of expensive logistical fiascos. With the Games coming to an end on Sunday, recent arrests over peaceful protests have made people concerned about the future of human rights in Russia. Rachel Vianna reports on the crackdown […]

HOST INTRO: As debates continue across the country around the roll-out of the Obama administration’s Common Core curriculum, one issue is in the limelight in New York. Teacher performance and how it is measured using the newly designed standardized test scores. Poppie Mphuthing has more. President Obama’s Common Core curriculum was designed to education standards […]

HOST: The social media industry’s buzzing this week over Facebook’s announcement it’s buying Whatsapp for $19 billion dollars. That’s a pretty big price tag for something that’s basically a cheaper version of a text message. At Social Media Week in Chelsea, it seemed these kinds of apps geared for smaller communications, as opposed to the […]